Legal
Privacy policy
1. Who we are
Fastech is a trading name of the Assured Group. Our registered offices are:
- Fastech Dublin Head Office: Airside Motor Park, Airside Retail Park, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 TE83, Ireland
- Fastech UK Head Office: Harriott Drive, Royal Leamington Spa, CV34 6TJ, United Kingdom
We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website. You can contact us about data protection at info@fastech.tech.
2. Data we collect
Information you give us
- Name, phone number and email address when you submit an enquiry or booking form
- Vehicle registration number when you request a service booking
- Company name when you submit a business enquiry
- Any additional information you choose to include in a free-text message field
Information collected automatically
- IP address and approximate location (country/region)
- Browser type, device type and operating system
- Pages visited, time spent on each page and referring URL
- Cookie identifiers (see section 8)
Vehicle lookup
If you enter a vehicle registration on an enquiry form, we use a third-party lookup service to retrieve the vehicle make, model, year and colour. This data is included in your enquiry submission and handled in the same way as other information you provide.
3. How we use your data
- Respond to enquiries and arrange service bookings
- Send confirmation or follow-up communications related to your request
- Improve the performance and content of this website
- Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
- Protect the security and integrity of our systems
We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.
4. Lawful basis for processing
- Contract: where processing is necessary to fulfil a booking or service request you have made
- Legitimate interests: to respond to general enquiries, improve our website and maintain security, where these interests are not overridden by your rights
- Legal obligation: where we are required to process data to comply with applicable law
- Consent: where we have obtained your explicit consent (for example, for non-essential cookies)
5. Sharing your data
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with:
- Assured Group entities: where necessary to deliver services or manage operations across the group
- Service providers: including email delivery, web hosting, and analytics providers who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements
- Google LLC: we use Google Analytics 4 for website analytics (only where you have given consent). Google may process data on servers outside the UK and EEA, including in the United States. This transfer is protected by Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. See Google's privacy policy for details.
- Regulators and law enforcement: where we are legally required to disclose information
6. How long we keep your data
- Enquiry and booking form data: retained for up to 2 years from the date of your last interaction with us, unless you ask us to delete it sooner
- Website analytics: retained in aggregated or anonymised form; raw session data is not retained beyond 14 months
- Legal and financial records: retained for the period required by applicable law (typically 6–7 years)
7. Your rights
- Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification: ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure: ask us to delete your data where there is no compelling reason for us to keep it
- Restriction: ask us to restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances
- Portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
- Withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@fastech.tech. We will respond within one calendar month.
If you are based in the UK, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). If you are based in Ireland or the EU, you may contact the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
8. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use the following categories:
Strictly necessary
Required for the website to function. These are set without consent and cannot be disabled.
- fx-cookie-consent: stored in your browser's local storage (not a cookie). Records your cookie preference so the consent modal is not shown on every visit. Expires when you clear your browser data.
Analytics cookies (consent required)
Set only if you click "Accept all cookies". These help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
- _ga: Google Analytics. Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number. Expires after 2 years.
- _ga_QQKKEWYQ31: Google Analytics. Used to persist session state. Expires after 2 years.
Google Analytics data is processed by Google LLC and may be transferred outside the UK/EEA. See section 5 for details.
Managing your preferences
You can change your cookie preference at any time by clicking "Manage cookie preferences" in the footer of any page on this site, or by clearing your browser cookies and local storage. You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies: see your browser's help documentation for instructions.
9. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. These include encrypted data transmission (HTTPS), access controls, and regular security reviews.
No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. If you have concerns about the security of data you have shared with us, please contact info@fastech.tech.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Where changes are significant, we will take reasonable steps to notify you.
11. Contact us
For any questions or concerns about this policy or how we handle your data:
- Email: info@fastech.tech
- Post (UK): Fastech UK Head Office, Harriott Drive, Royal Leamington Spa, CV34 6TJ
- Post (Ireland): Fastech Dublin Head Office, Airside Motor Park, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 TE83